EVEREST: THE WEST RIDGE (SIGNED); Photographs from the American Mount Everest Expedition and by its Leader, Norman G. Dyhrenfurth, Introduction by William E. Siri

Author: Hornbein, Thomas F.
Title: EVEREST: THE WEST RIDGE (SIGNED); Photographs from the American Mount Everest Expedition and by its Leader, Norman G. Dyhrenfurth, Introduction by William E. Siri
Publication: San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club, 1965
Edition: First Edition

Description: Hardcover. Folio, 13.8 in. x 10.5 in., pp. 198, [2]. Signed on the front flyeaf by expedition members Tom Hornbein (the author), Jim Whittaker, and Dick Emerson. Illustrated with three glossy color photographs before the title page, dozens of glossy photographs throughout, smaller line illustrations and full-page map in the text. Gray buckram boards with gilt title and Hindi symbol to front, and gilt title to spine. Sunning to edges oif boards. Light dampstain to top two inches of rear board. Very light rubbing to dustjacket; tape stain to front flap of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. Twelfth in the Sierra Club Exhibit Format Series. Good Plus/Very Good.

Tom Hornbein and James Whittaker both summited Mt. Everest on this expedition.

The glossy photographs greatly enhance the presentation of the photographs.

Seller ID: 86586

Subject: Travel, Exploration

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